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Sunstang t1_jeckdxj wrote

Reply to comment by wowbobwow in Nearly 30 years after playing one at a classmates house and thinking "OMG, I NEED THIS," I've got a Sega Saturn in my living room by wowbobwow

Some flavor of studio beta or svhs deck atop the monitor?

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wowbobwow OP t1_jeckok5 wrote

(borrowing my reply to another similar question below)

It's a Sony BETACAM SP deck. The name "BetaCam" makes it sound like the old consumer-level BetaMax stuff, but this is a professional-grade videotape deck of the type that most TV shows were played back from for broadcast during the pre-high-def era. My wife worked in TV production back in the 90's, so we picked this deck (and the Sony display) up from a small production company - I use the display for retro gaming, and she'll use the BETACAM deck to digitize her old work. Win/Win!

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Sunstang t1_jeckzc4 wrote

Very cool. Ask your wife if she misses the Amiga 4000 and video toaster. I had some fun with those back in the 90s.

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wowbobwow OP t1_jeclwj6 wrote

Hahah - that's definitely a reference she'll get! I have an Amiga 2000 that I love, but so far I haven't stumbled across any Toaster gear to add onto it...

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betasp t1_jegk2fh wrote

My name checks out (finally).

Check me profile. 15 years ago, when I signed up for Reddit, people would call it out cause they worked in the industry. It was a cool ice breaker. Today, not so much. :)

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SwissCanuck t1_jedxyzi wrote

UVW-1800 utility-grade BetaSP machine. Worked great when hooked up to an edit bay but a bit cumbersome to operate on its own.

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